Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The Conservative Party's fundraising arm has a new chair for the first time in two decades. Leader Erin O'Toole says he is nominating his longtime campaign fundraiser James Dodds to be c...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador has rolled out new COVID-19 testing rules for people who routinely work outside the province and return on a set schedule. Janice Fitzgerald, the...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump defended himself Friday against accusations that he mocked American war dead as his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, intensified efforts to frame the election as a refe...

OTTAWA - The pace of gains in Canada's job market slowed in August, as Statistics Canada reported the economy added 246,000 jobs, and other data that experts say suggests billions in government b...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative and Liberal party leaders vowed on Friday to increase the province's population if they are elected to govern on Sept. 14. Tory&nb...

BANGKOK - She's 15, writes love stories and likes indie music and anime cartoons. So far so normal. But two weeks ago Benjamaporn Nivas upended traditional notions of Thai schoolkids' behaviour by lea...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Progressive Conservative leader and incumbent Premier Blaine Higgs spent much of the first election debate defending his decision to call a snap election and fend...

An international environmental watchdog says there's convincing evidence that oilsands tailings ponds are leaking. "There is strong scientifically valid evidence of ... seepage into near-field gr...

RICHMOND, Va. - A judge on Thursday ordered rapper Kanye West's name removed from presidential ballots in Virginia. West was disqualified because he failed to meet a requirement that 13 people pledge ...

OTTAWA - The Liberal and Conservative parties say they'll no longer use the federal government's wage-subsidy program. The program to subsidize worker pay by up to 75 per cent was meant to h...